2021 FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIA (US FOE AND GERMAN-AMERICAN FOE)

由美国国家工程院组织的工程前沿(FOE)研讨会为来自学术界、工业界和政府实验室的新兴工程领导者提供了分享研究见解的机会，以促进知识和研究方法的跨学科转移。新兴技术的性质以及它们如何结合在一起创造出推动经济增长的产品和流程，这使得工程师们必须了解超越他们自己学科的研究开发、技术和方法。这些研讨会起到了催化剂的作用，刺激了工程创新，并促进了美国国内以及美国工程师和合作国家之间的研究人员之间的合作网络。FOE研讨会也可能有助于提高工程学的知名度，并突出工程师服务社会的关键作用。该奖项将为2021年举行的两个工程前沿(FOE)研讨会提供部分支持。这些研讨会是由美国国家工程院(NAE)与国际合作伙伴组织共同举办的，面向的是早期职业研究人员。2021年将由该奖项资助的会议包括：德裔美国敌人(2021年3月，田纳西州橡树岭)和美国敌人(2021年9月，科罗拉多州博尔德)。2021年GAFOE将专注于量子计算、碳捕获和利用、制造4.0和生物化(定义为从生物单位创造机器)。2021年美国敌人研讨会的主题是：建立应对流行病的能力，基础设施的网络安全，直接捕获空气以缓解气候变化，以及工程空间探索的未来。参加美国研讨会的大约100名杰出的青年工程师和参加双边研讨会的每个国家的30名。每两天半的研讨会将包括全体会议、分组会议和海报会议，以及发展合作研究伙伴关系的机会。会议将包括与研讨会相关的工程领域的前沿研究、创新和新出现的研究机会的演讲。随着每个专题讨论会预定日期的临近，将进行大流行状况评估，以确定是否推迟会议或转换为虚拟形式。如果会议是虚拟举行的，在线平台将被有意设计为提供强大的网络机会。FOE研讨会论文、摘要、演示视频和幻灯片将在FOE网站(www.naefrontiers.org)上提供。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposia, organized by the National Academy of Engineering, provide emerging engineering leaders from academia, industry, and government laboratories the opportunity to share research insights to facilitate an interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge and research methodologies. The nature of emerging technologies and how they fit together to create products and processes that drive economic growth makes it essential that engineers understand research developments, techniques and approaches beyond their own discipline. The symposia serve as a catalyst to spur engineering innovation and foster collaborative networks of researchers within the United States and between engineers from the United States and partnering countries. The FOE symposia may also serve to increase the visibility of engineering and to highlight the key roles through which engineers serve society.This award will provide partial support for two Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) symposia, to be held in 2021. These symposia, organized by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in concert with international partner organizations, are for early career researchers. The meetings to be funded by this award in 2021 are: German-American FOE (March, 2021; Oak Ridge, Tennessee); and US FOE (September, 2021; Boulder, Colorado). The 2021 GAFOE will focus on Quantum Computing, Carbon Capture and Utilization, Manufacturing 4.0, and Biologization (defined as the creation of machines from biological units). Topics for the 2021 US FOE symposium are: Building Resilience to Pandemics, Cybersecurity of Infrastructure, Direct Air Capture for Climate Mitigation, and Engineering the Future of Space Exploration. Approximately 100 outstanding young engineers for the U.S. symposium and 30 from each country for the bilateral symposium will participate. Each two and a half day symposium will include plenary sessions, break-out and poster sessions, and opportunities for developing collaborative research partnerships. Sessions will consist of presentations on cutting-edge research, innovations, and emerging research opportunities in engineering fields relevant to the symposium. As the scheduled dates for each symposium approaches, pandemic status assessments will be conducted to determine whether to delay the meeting or convert to a virtual format. If meetings are held virtually, the online platform will be purposely designed to afford robust networking opportunities. FOE symposium papers, abstracts, presentation videos, and slides will be made available on the FOE website (www.naefrontiers.org).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.